The thing about empanadas is they are the perfect food. A convenient carrying case made of love infused dough and shaped into tasty pockets containing anything from ham and cheese to minced beef and onions. Not only are they tasty as hell, they are extremely portable. We happened upon La Casa de las Empanadas in San Martin de los Andes and bought an embarrassing number of those suckers. We had the brilliant idea to place an order for some empanadas for our drive back to Mendoza but the store wouldn´t be open early enough before our planned departure. Amazingly, the sweet empanada man offered to deliver them to our hotel by 9 the next morning.
With a tray of 5 chicken and 5 spicy beef empanadas, we braved the 14 hour drive back to Mendoza on a steady empanada drip, eating about one every few hours without stopping except for gas and bathroom breaks.
(Extra kudos to the warrior behind the wheel!)
